About Me

  • About Me: www.biancaelder.com

Books

  • Favorite Books: Confederacy of Dunces, Geek Love, The History of Love, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Sex With Kings, Bone, The World According to Garp, The Alienist, Angel of Darkness, Autobiography of a Face, The Sparking Eyed Boy, The Red Tent, Bitch, The Historian
  • Favorite Authors: Alice Munro, Joyce Carol Oates, Alison Bechdel, Caleb Carr, Andrea Gibson, Aimee Bender
  • Favorite Genres: Coming of Age, Historical Fiction
  • Favorite Characters: Ignatius J. Reilly
  • Favorite Quotes: But what I really want from you, and what you can expect from me, is to have my name scarred on your heart and yours on mine . So when we die, if they cut us open, they will know someone lived in us –me in you and you in me. - The Sparkling Eyed Boy (Amy Benson)
  • Recent Reads: Fun Home, Devil in the White City, The Bluest Eye

Style

  • Where I shop: Stella Filante, Yumi Kim, Brooklyn Industries, Zachary's Smile, La Petite Coquette, Pylones, Christopher 19, Miks, Edge NY, Zara, Think Closet
  • Brands I love: Aysha Mahal, Uniqlo, Elma Blint, American Apparel, Supra, Foley + Corinna,
  • I like to wear: oversized sweaters, leggings, and flats
  • Can't live without: black patent leather flats
  • Prized Possessions: Dita Von Teese Marc Jacobs/NYU Cancer Institute tee shirt and hand-me-down Carrera sunglasses
  • Guilty Pleasure: Forever 21

Movies

  • Favorite Movies: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Up, Benny and Joon, The Edukators, The Believer, Amelie ,Princesas, Run Lola Run
  • Favorite Actors: Jason Bateman, Drew Barrymore, Ryan Gosling, Shannyn Sossamon, Audrey Tautou
  • Favorite Directors: Woody Allen, Tim Burton, Marc Webb
  • Favorite Soundtracks: Marie Antoinette, Donnie Darko, The Royal Tenenbaums

Food

  • Favorite Cuisine: Greek, Thai, Cuban
  • Favorite Dishes: Sausage Rolls, Buffalo Wings, Steak au Poivre, Cream of Asparagus soup, Greek Salad
  • Favorite Desserts: Beignets, Crème brûlée, Raspberry Mille-Feuille
  • Favorite Drinks: Lemon Water and Coca Cola
  • Favorite Junk Foods: Wendy's, Goodburger, Chipotle
  • Favorite Restaurants: Swizz, Sofrito, Deux Amis, Pescatore, Spice, Il Bagatto, Essex, Pylos, Koi
  • Foods I hate: Cauliflower, Blue Cheese

Music

  • Favorite Artists: Ani DiFranco, Class Actress, Lissy Trullie, Freezepop, Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Tracy Chapman, Don Omar, Byata, Tegan and Sara, Everclear, 2pac, Psy 4 de la Rime
  • Favorite Genre: Female Folk
  • Favorite Songs: Whirlwind by Broder Daniel, Bulletproof by La Roux, The Weakness in Me by Joan Armstrong, Paper Planes feat Rye Rye & Afrikan Boy (Blaqstar Remix) by M.I.A
  • Favorite Lyrics: "like a roach across the wall, it made her heart soar, it made her skin crawl..." from Fierce Flawless by Ani DiFranco
  • Guilty Pleasure: Replay by Iyaz, Third Eye Blind, Coldplay
  • Songs I repeat the most: Romeo and Juliet (Indigo Girls cover), A Dios Le Pido (Juanes), Neon Bible (Arcade Fire), Crazy Mary (Victoria Williams)

Television

  • Favorite Shows: Arrested Development, Flight of the Conchords, Summer Heights High, Veronica Mars, Absolutely Fabulous, Reno 911
  • Favorite Channels: Bravo, TLC, Food Network
  • Favorite Reruns: Seinfeld, I Love Lucy, Sex and the City
  • Most Addictive Show: Absolutely Fabulous, The Bad Girls Club
  • Favorite Late Night Talk Show: Chelsea Lately
  • Show I Secretly Watch: Toddlers & Tiaras
  • Show I wished wasn't cancelled: Arrested Development, My So Called Life

College

  • School Name: Boston College
  • Status: Alumni
  • Class of: 2008
  • Attended: 2004 - 2008
  • Degree type: Bachelors
  • Major(s): English, Communications
  • Minor(s): Women's Studies

Travel

  • Places I love: PARIS, Miami Beach
  • Places to see before I die: Japan, Norway, Argentina, Sweden, Amsterdam, Brazil, Turkey, India, Switzerland, Thailand

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Contact Info

  • AIM: biancaelder

High School

  • School Name: Academy Of The Holy Angels
  • Status: Alumni
  • Class of: 2004
  • Attended: 2000 - 2004